DHAKA: Egypt’s public prosecutor, Hisham Barakat, has been killed in an apparent bomb attack on his car in Cairo.Barakat died of his wounds in hospital, a government spokesman told the BBC.Two bodyguards were also injured in the attack, which targeted the vehicle in the Cairo suburb of

DHAKA: Around 30 percent of China’s Ming-era Great Wall has disappeared over time as adverse natural conditions and reckless human activities ─ including stealing the bricks to build houses ─ erode the Unesco World Heritage site.China state media reported, says dawn.com.The Great

DHAKA: Two prisoners escaped from India’s most secure jail in New Delhi by digging a tunnel under a wall and scaling another in a daring dash for freedom.An official and media reports said Monday, reports The Straits Times.The pair escaped on the weekend from Tihar jail, Asia’s

DHAKA: When Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras won power in January, he was hailed by many as the man to revolutionize not only his country’s politics, but also those of all Europe.Aged only 40, he is Greece’s youngest prime minister in almost two centuries. More importantly, he

DHAKA: The Dalai Lama made his first appearance at Glastonbury in United Kingdom on Sunday, spending an hour in the rain addressing festival-goers on how the world could be a happier place.The Tibetan spiritual leader called for a more ‘holistic education’ from kindergarten to

DHAKA: A solar-powered plane has started its second bid at a record-breaking flight across the Pacific Ocean.Solar Impulse took off from Nagoya Airfield in Japan at 18:03 GMT and is scheduled to land in Hawaii in approximately 120 hours, reports the BBC.The team has spent nearly two

DHAKA: Activists sailing towards Gaza to challenge Israel’s blockade of the Palestinian territory have released videos saying they are not safe as Israel has broken international law and captured them.In a statement the Israeli army said on Monday that it did not use force in

DHAKA: Pakistani air strikes on Sunday killed 23 militants including foreigners in the country's restive tribal regions near the Afghan border, the military said, part of a major ongoing operation against the Taliban.The attacks took place in areas close to the border with Afghanistan in

DHAKA: Twenty six people died of high temperatures Sunday in Pakistan’s Karachi, taking the death toll to around 1,300.The residents grappled with the week-long heatwave that has crippled life and overwhelmed the healthcare system, reports the Times of India.Weather experts forecast the

DHAKA: Kuwait on Sunday identified the suicide bomber behind an attack on a Shia mosque as a Saudi national, after a series of arrests in connection with the blast that left 26 dead.Friday’s attack also wounded 227 worshippers in the first bombing of a mosque in the tiny Gulf state, and

DHAKA: Talks between Iran and major powers on finalizing a historic nuclear deal will go beyond the June 30 deadline.A spokesman for the Iranian delegation in talks in Vienna said on Sunday, reports The Straits Times.‘Because there is still lots of work to do the delegations will remain

DHAKA: The man suspected of decapitating his boss in an attack on a gas factory in France has confessed to the grisly crime.Sources close to the investigation said on Sunday, reports The Straits Times.Yassin Salhi, 35, ‘has also given details about the circumstances’ surrounding the

DHAKA: More than 500 people have been injured in a fire and explosion at an amusement park outside Taiwan's capital Taipei.Saturday's incident happened on the main stage of the Formosa Water Park. A flammable powder is believed to have exploded as it spread into the crowd. Footage showed

DHAKA: The Greek parliament has backed plans for a referendum on international creditors' terms for a new bailout.The 5 July referendum was called by PM Alexis Tsipras, who opposes further budget cuts. He urged voters to deliver a "resounding 'no'" to the package, reports bbc.comEurozone

DHAKA: Euro zone finance ministers refused Saturday to extend Greece’s bailout program past June 30 after Athens called a referendum on reform proposals by creditors.Sources told the media, reports The Straits Times.The ministers ‘rejected an extension of the aid program’ at a

DHAKA: Greece will hold a referendum on 5 July on a controversial bailout deal with foreign creditors, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has announced.In a televised address, he described the plan as "humiliation" and condemned "unbearable" austerity measures demanded by creditors, reports

DHAKA: At least 39 people, mostly foreigners, have been killed and 36 injured in an attack on a beach in the Tunisian resort town of Sousse, officials say.Video footage showed the body of a suspected gunman lying in a street, reports bbc.comTunisians, Britons, Germans, Belgians, French

DHAKA:  A Class V student of Kanpur in India photographed ‘shape-changing Unidentified Flying Object (UFO)' on Wednesday night.Kanpur is no California, but a boy here claims to have snapped photos of a UFO while trying to capture some clouds in his smartphone, reports

DHAKA: The death toll due to heavy rainfall, followed by a flood-like situation in many parts of Gujarat, has gone up to 70, including 26 casualties in the worst affected Amreli district.However, in Gujarat the situation continues to be grim with persistent rains causing extensive damage

DHAKA: China accused the United States on Friday of being “haunted by spreading guns” and racial discrimination, in its annual tit-for-tat rebuttal to US criticism of China’s human rights record, reports the guardian quoting Reuters.In a lengthy report carried by the official Xinhua